Human Rights

By Yamina Rizvi | Deeksha Gujral On 12 October 2023, Rahul* was released on bail after more than five years in detention at a “place of safety” (a facility for children in conflict with the law). He was arrested when...

by Lily Sangpui Recalling the relevant provisions outlined in International humanitarian law pertaining to the protection of women and children, it is crucial to revisit the plight they face in the light of Manipur violence. Conflicts affect women and men...

By Syed Ali Mujtaba There are some events happening in India that need a stocktaking to assess the status of the governance under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose popularity remains undiminished in the country. These events that are being talked about...

By Harsh Thakor Professor Joma Sison expired in the night of December 16th. Joma died peacefully after a period of confinement in a hospital in Utrecht, The Netherlands last night at around 8:40 p.m. (Philippine time). He was 83.An irreparable...

By Dr Aslam Abdullah Hindutva is no longer a hate ideology against Islam and Christianity confined to India. Instead, it has become a global movement for racist supremacy of Hindu upper castes. What happened in Leicester, UK, Edison, NJ, Sydney,...

By Aslam Abdullah Hundreds of sleeper cells serving foreign interests and promoting fascist ideas exist in almost every sector of American society with a conspiracy to destroy pluralism and democracy as practiced in the US and Europe. Reportedly, they are...

By Hem Raj Jain Mumtaz Patel should ask Sonia Gandhi to take the 2002 massacre of innocent Muslims in Gujarat seriously as her father Late Sh. Ahmed Patel's name is being maligned unjustly without any basis by the 'BJP' and...

By Ram Puniyani The Supreme Court in its judgment the case of Zakia Jafri vs. State of Gujarat dismissed the petition filed by Zakia Jafri. Zakia Jafri had called for an investigation into the conspiracy to hatch the events which...

The Scribe Staff New Delhi: 26  civil society organisations of the Indian diaspora, on Tuesday, June 28, issued a joint statement condemning the arrests of human rights defenders Teesta Setalvad and R.B. Sreekumar, as well as Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair. In a...

By Lokendra Malik & Yogesh Pratap Singh Professor Upendra Baxi defines a crisis as a situation where "the structure of a social system allows fewer possibilities for problem-solving than are necessary for the continued existence of the system". Where people...